An ancient finding from 40,000 years ago could help fill in a missing chapter in human history about how we developed one of our greatest advantages ...

Researchers have discovered signs of a Paleolithic writing precursor in ancient tools and sculptures dating back 40,000 years ...

Statistical analysis reveals ancient bone carvings hold complex information rivaling early Mesopotamian scripts.

New discoveries of Stone Age symbols in Germany could push back the history of writing by over 30,000 years, potentially ...

Archaeologists find that Scandinavians wore feather and fur garments in 5,000 BC, using birds and animal skins in ceremonial burials.

Research shows Ice Age humans used structured signs 40,000 years ago as a communication system, revealing deep prehistoric ...

Like butterflies are fluttering about inside you, desperately trying to get out of their cocoon? It’s kind of weird when you think about it. Why is an emotion manifesting itself so physically — and so ...

The ancient cave peoples weren’t as illiterate as portrayed in popular media. Archaeologists have discovered Paleolithic ...

In just two months, archaeology shattered the timeline again. 23,000-year-old footprints in North America push human presence back 10,000 years beyond accepted models. In Turkey, a site even older ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

Strange symbols carved onto a Stone Age mammoth ivory plate found at a cave in southwest Germany could be the earliest known ...